Month December 2007

Airport security is ineffectual

A new study finds no evidence that x-raying luggage, making passengers take off shoes, or confiscating small items helps prevent attacks or incidents. The goal isn’t to confiscate prohibited items. The goal is to prevent terrorism on airplanes. When the…

Bhutto assassination

So how did the assassin get close enough to Bhutto to be able to shoot her at point blank range? And how did they know when she’d be out of the protective bubble of her car? This seems a well-planned…

Amazon now has 2.9 million DRM-free MP3s

Warner Music Group just signed on. DRM is dead, and so is the CD. Amazon also has variable pricing whereas iTunes doesn’t. Thus iTunes now has no choice. They must go to DRM-free and variable pricing.

Flickr on your television

Dave Winer is about to release a new product, and just posted the preannoucement. There’s a convergence between big screen high-definition televisions, and photography as an Internet based activity. The purpose of this product is to smooth that convergence, to…